Smith will be host to a pair of two-hour, weekday local radio shows — one airing on 1050 ESPN (WEPN-AM) in New York from 7 to 9 p.m. ET, and another on 710 ESPN (KSPN-AM) in Los Angeles from 6 to 8 p.m. PT. Both shows will focus on local sports topics.

“Words cannot express how excited I am to return to ESPN,” Smith said in a news release. “The five-plus years I spent here in my previous stint were unquestionably the best years of my professional career.

“To have the opportunity to return to a place where I have an abundance of friends — with individuals whose contributions to my life, both professionally and personally, deserves far more credit than I can describe — simply makes my return that much more special. I’m sincerely grateful. And very, very ready. As in right now. Let’s go!”

Pete Dougherty

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Stephen A. Smith is akin to Jason Whitlock at Fox Sports. Both are good writers, however, both cannot write or discuss sport any longer without the discussion of race being included within the context. Hence both bore and annoy me.